Rotary hook-support for garments and the like.



No. 812,691. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906. J. 0. SMITH.

ROTARY HOOK SUPPORT FOR GARMENTS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION I'ILED MAY 10. 1905.

JAMES (J. SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ROTAFiY HOOK- SUPPORT FOR GARMENTS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed May 1905. Serial No. 259,650.

To add whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES 0. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary in china-closets or for similar purposes.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be convenient and durable in use,neat and attractive in appearance, and easily set up in position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a hollow metal body having a flange 2 adapted to rest against the under side of a shelf 3. At diametrically opposite points in said flange are provided screw-holes 4 with countersunk heads, through which are passed screws 5, screwed obliquely into the shelf 3. This construction, with the oblique direction of the screws, is advantageous in two respects-first, it enables the screws to be screwed easily and conveniently into the under side of the shelf, and, secondly, the apparatus is very firmly se cured by means of these oblique screws, since the pull upon thescrews is not in the direction of the axis of the screw and is therefore not resisted solely by the engagement of the thread of the screw of the wood of the shelf, but is at a considerable angle to said screws, and therefore tends to bind the screw in the wood. This is of especial importance on account of the fact that these shelves are gen erally made of cheap and soft wood, in which screws have a poor hold. Said body 1 has a downwardly-extending crown-flange 6, and within said flange is received an upwardly-extending crown-flange 7 of a second hollow metal body 8, against the lower edge of which rests a cylindrical wooden block or support 9.

Through the center of this block is passed a vertical bolt 10, the head of which rests against the under side of the block 9, which I l i l is recessed in the center, as shown. Upon the threaded portion of said bolt is first passed a nut 11, which is screwed down onto the top of the hollow body 8, firmly clamping said casting and block together. The threaded end of the bolt is then passed through a boss 12 in the center of the upper body 1, being thus arranged centrally with reference to the flange 2, and upon the extreme end thereof are screwed a nut 13 and a lock-nut 14. Upon the periphery of the cylindrical block are secured by screws or in any other manner the hooks 15. The device is then ready to be secured to the under side of the shelf in the manner already indicated.

The principal advantages of this construction are, in addition to the manner in which the body 1 is secured to the shelf, that the pivot about which the revoluble block 9, carrying the hooks, is rotated is entirely independent of the means for securing the whole device to the shelf. This renders it impossible for the'apparatus to become loose from the shelf by the frequent rotation of the hooksupport about its axis. Furthermore, the hooks are detachable from the support, and. any desired form of hooks can be attached to the apparatus or can be removed therefrom and replaced by others when desired. I also regard as an important part of my invention the construction by which the bolt 10 serves, first, to'secure together the two parts 8 and 9, and, secondly, to form an axis about which the block can revolve.

I claim 1. A rotary hook-support comprising a body the upper edge of which is formed with upwardly and obliquely extending screw holes adapted to receive screws for securing the same to the under side of a shelf or other support, a hook-carrier, a bolt passed through said hook-carrier axially thereof and also through said body centrally in respect to said flange, nuts on the end of said bolt, and hooks secured to the periphery of said carrier, substantially as described.

2. A rotary hook-carrier comprising ahol low stationary member having a flange provided with means for securing the same to a shelf or other support, a hollow revoluble member, a cylindrical hook-carrier, a bolt passed centrally through said hook-carrier and revoluble and stationarymembers, a nut firmly clamping the revoluble member to the hook-carrier, a nut 0n the bolt attaching said 5 revoluble member and hook-carrier to the stationary member, and hooks carried by said hook-carrier, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. JAMES 0. SMITH.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, BESSIE GORFINKEL. 

